Journal ArticleDOI
Science and Language for English Language Learners in Relation to Next Generation Science Standards and with Implications for Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Mathematics
Reads0
Chats0
TLDR
This article identified key features of the language of the science classroom as students engage in these language-intensive science and engineering practices and highlighted implications for Common Core State Standards for English language arts and mathematics.Abstract:
The National Research Council (2011) released “A Framework for K–12 Science Education” that is guiding the development of the Next Generation Science Standards, which are expected to be finalized in early 2013. This article addresses language demands and opportunities that are embedded in the science and engineering practices delineated in the Framework. By examining intersections between learning of science and learning of language, the article identifies key features of the language of the science classroom as students engage in these language-intensive science and engineering practices. We propose that when students, especially English language learners, are adequately supported to “do” specific things with language, both science learning and language learning are promoted. We highlight implications for Common Core State Standards for English language arts and mathematics.read more
Citations
More filters
An Examination of the Impact of Residuals and Residual Covariance Structures on Scores for Next Generation, Mixed-Format, Online Assessments with the Existence of Potential Irrelevant Dimensions under Various Calibration Strategies.
TL;DR: In this article, Luecht et al. used Luechter and Ackerman's (2017) expected response function (ERF)-based residuals approach to evaluate the performance of the two calibration models and to prune the bias-induced residuals from the other measurement errors.
Journal Article
Using Personal Science Story Podcasts to Reflect on Language and Connections to Science
TL;DR: This study describes a personal science story podcasting assignment that was developed to help preservice teachers reflect on their use of everyday and academic vocabulary in the context of science, as well as how to communicate effectively with their students.
Journal ArticleDOI
Online Learning Tools for Middle School Science: Lessons Learned from a Design-Based Research Project
TL;DR: The data-driven, design-based research methodology proved to be both practical and efficacious, and underscored the critical importance of involving all stakeholders in the process of curriculum creation and refinement.
Journal ArticleDOI
Learning demand and classroom discourse design tools to improve students conceptual understanding of the nature of electrolytes
TL;DR: In this article, two design tools used in a teaching sequence (module) based on the Leeds Model Framework are presented to improve the teaching of electrochemistry by using the learning demand and the communicative approach.
References
More filters
Book
An Introduction to Functional Grammar
TL;DR: Part 1 The clause: constituency towards a functional grammar clause as message clause as exchange clause as representation and above, below and beyond the clause: below the clause - groups and phrases above the clauses - the clause complex additional.
Journal ArticleDOI
Theoretical bases of communicative approaches to second language teaching and testing
Michael Canale,Merrill Swain +1 more
Book
Social Linguistics And Literacies: Ideology in Discourse
TL;DR: A theory of discourses: discourses and literacies - two theorems individuals, acts and discourses - humans in the act of making and being made by their discourses.
A Framework for K-12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas
TL;DR: In this article, a Mars Exploration Program lesson was prepared by Arizona State University's Mars Education Program, under contract to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology.